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By Hole Ousia Posted on February 17, 2021

INSIDE science

In this piece, published in the Scotsman, 16 February 2021, Professor Graham Watt argues why ‘science can only take us so far in medicine’:

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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 26, 2020

an easier reality

Categories: History of medicine, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Two culturesTags: an easier reality, Gabriel García Márquez, medical humanities, Science, Scientists, subjective-objective divide, the scandal of the century, the scientists took refuge in an easier reality, the subjective-objective divide, the two cultures, Two Cultures

By Hole Ousia Posted on August 11, 2020August 11, 2020

By this Algorithm

The ‘location’ of this centre of Scotland: Footnote: A few years ago I made this film: This ‘centre of Scotland’ had been calculated by a different algorithm.

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By Hole Ousia Posted on November 17, 2019September 18, 2020

‘Workforce wellbeing’

Last Friday I learned that the Royal College of Psychiatrists was worried that my ideas were “over-valued”. The same day the College shared its full response to the recent General … Continue reading ‘Workforce wellbeing’

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